GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
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| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| privy | private |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |